This course will focus on preparing the student to write and communicate effectively in post high school endeavors. Writing assignments will include essays, literary analyses, and a research paper. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a chronological survey of American literature in a variety of genres. In addition, students will review strategies for answering the verbal questions on the SAT and ACT.
Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.
Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.
Textbooks and Other Resources
Elements of Literature
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Ethan Frome
The Glass Menagerie
The Jungle
Our Town
A Raisin in the Sun
The Red Badge of Courage
The Scarlet Letter
Selected Stories by O. Henry
Supplies Needed
Three-ring binder with a section for English
Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises
ENGLISH 11
This course will focus on preparing the student to write and communicate effectively in post high school endeavors. Writing assignments will include essays, literary analyses, and a research paper. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a chronological survey of American literature in a variety of genres. In addition, students will review strategies for answering the verbal questions on the SAT and ACT.
Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.
Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.
Textbooks and Other Resources
Elements of Literature
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Ethan Frome
The Glass Menagerie
The Jungle
Our Town
A Raisin in the Sun
The Red Badge of Courage
The Scarlet Letter
Selected Stories by O. Henry
Supplies Needed
Three-ring binder with a section for English
Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises
Blue or black ink pens
Red ink pen
Loose-leaf notebook paper